HU4039 : Scalloway Castle
near to Scalloway, Shetland Islands, Great Britain
Scalloway Castle
Earl Patrick of Orkney & Shetland built this, very similar to his palace in Kirkwall (Orkney) but rearranged to be narrower and taller, in the late 1500s. One of only 2 castles in Shetland - Muness, on Unst, being the other.
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2005
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- Photographer
- David Wyatt (find more nearby)
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- Geograph
- Date Taken
- July 2005 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Friday, 9 September, 2005
- Category
- Castle (more nearby)
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HU 40 39 [1000m precision]
WGS84: 60:8.2814N 1:16.3608W
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